§ Keith VazTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how many visas were issued at(a) New Delhi, (b) Mumbai, (c) Calcutta, (d) Dhaka, (e) Sylhet, (f) Islamabad, (g) Karachi, (h) Washington and (i) New York in 2001. [84904]
§ Mr. RammellUK visas changed to collecting statistics on a financial year basis from the beginning of financial year 2001–02. The Joint Management Board supervising the operations of UK visas requested this960W change to bring statistical data into line with other data collected by the Foreign and Commonwealth Office and the Home Office.
The total number of visas issued in New Delhi, Mumbai, Calcutta, Dhaka, Islamabad, Karachi, Washington and New York from April 2001 to March 2002 was as follows:
- New Delhi—64,343
- Mumbai—66,108
- Kolkuta (Calcutta)—9,907
- Dhaka—19,896
- Islamabad—56,182
- Karachi—28,634
- Washington—11,414
- New York—31,779
Sylhet is not a visa issuing post, applications are taken in and sent to Dhaka for processing